Making space for the small greens

Nandini D
Space is a luxury, especially in urban settings. But we don’t always need large open spaces to grow plants. With a little bit of creativity and imagination, those window sills, plain walls and desolate corners can turn into places to grow your plants.

Making time for music

Ranjeeta Prajapati
Listening to music has many benefits. While it is primarily considered a tool for entertainment, music can also help one relax, stimulate the mind and perk you up. Have you considered using music in your classroom?

Talking families

Chintan Girish Modi
The world is changing and so are its institutions, such as marriages and families. And yet when it comes to learning about them in school, we stick to the age-old definitions of these institutions. It is time that we left stereotypes behind and started talking about new-age families. Purnah: the complete parent is a book that nudges us in this direction.

What’s in a name?

Indira Subramanian
This subject is known by different names – social studies, social science, or just plain social, and while it may seem that they are all the same, the approach to teaching-learning the subject will differ depending on what you are calling it. So be alert and know what you are teaching/learning. Is it social, social studies or social science?

Experience and exploration in learning to teach

Sonika Parashar
Competition and the desire to be ahead of others was what drove students once upon a time. Marks and successes in assignments decided relationships that were formed. Today, students seem more selfless. There is genuine desire to help one another and competition rarely raises its head. Growth as a group is as important as individual growth. What led to this change?

Leveraging parental engagement

Meena Sriram
Every child has two worlds – the home and the school. It is widely agreed that when these two worlds come together, the child benefits immensely. Parent-teacher meetings are the time when the parents and the school usually come together. But these meetings are not very effective in building relationships. So how else can schools involve the parents?

Giving children’s literature a fillip

Swaha Sahoo
A lot of us are working to bring children back to the book reading habit and one thing that will help us in this effort is good quality children’s literature. The Parag Honour List, that is put together after a thorough selection process, helps us find good books that children can read, books with contexts that are familiar to them and also tells us how and where we can access these books.

Gaming: a powerful way to learn

Anuradha C
We have read horror stories of children addicted to gaming killing themselves either from depression or in trying to complete a challenge. We have also read chilling stories of children killing their parents for snatching their gaming devices. Can any good come of playing games? Gaming can be a powerful teaching and learning aid. Here’s how.

The green school

C Rama Devi
The damage being caused to the environment is of great concern and the need to conserve and increase the green cover is immediate. By putting into action a green vision for the school, this school from Hyderabad is raising sensitive and concerned children who will hopefully use the lessons they learnt in school to make a greener tomorrow.

Play: outdoors vs. indoors

R Jeyatheerthan
Two years of COVID, two years of indoors, it is time to go into the outdoors now. With children addicted all the more to the indoors and staring at screens for long hours, we have to put the spring and jump back in their steps and lead them outside so that they are both physically and mentally fit.